Press Releases

(Haifa, Israel) Yesterday, 26 April 2011, the Supreme Court of Israel ordered Israel's parliament, the Knesset, to explain its decision to revoke certain parliamentary privileges of Member of...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 17 April 2011, Adalah submitted a motion for the right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Israel on behalf of Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel living in the unrecognized...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 31 March 2011, Adalah sent a letter to the Abu Basma Regional Council and the Interior Ministry demanding the opening of the therapeutic day care center for children at...

(Haifa, Israel) Today, 14 April 2011, Israeli Supreme Court Justice Edmund Levy leveled scathing criticism at the lack of compliance with rulings handed down by the Supreme Court in the road signs...

Adalah successfully concluded its training course for lawyers on “Representing Detainees in Detention and Investigation Procedures” held on 17-18 March and 7-8 April 2011 at Al-Tantour Center...

On 4 -5 April 2011, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR), and the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza held a two-day...

Israeli Human Rights Organizations: "The recent statements by Richard Goldstone support the consistent position we have been upholding since the operation in Gaza, that when concerns arise...

Following the passage of a racist law called the "Admission Committees Law" in the Knesset on 22 March 2011, on the same day as the “Nakba Law,” Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court...

(Jerusalem) Today, 28 March 2011, the Supreme Court of Israel held a first hearing on a petition filed by Arab Member of Knesset (MK) Haneen Zoabi (National Democratic Assembly-Balad), Adalah and...

The Knesset enacted the Nakba Law on 22 March 2011. The law authorizes the Minister of Finance to reduce funding or support provided by the state to an institution if it holds an activity that...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 21 March 2011, the Magistrates' Court in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) accepted a motion filed by Adalah Attorney Arwa Hleihel and allowed Mr. Hamza Abu-Medeghem to go out to...

On 2 February 2011, the Supreme Court of Israel dismissed a petition submitted by Adalah on 20 June 2010 that sought to prevent the Israeli government from continuing to use a prior governmental...

(Haifa, Israel) On 11 February 2011, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR), Navi Pillay, concluded her first official visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). In a...

(Nazareth, Israel) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) issued its Concluding Observations on Israel in February 2011, in which it called on Israel to ensure...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 14 February 2011, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected a petition submitted by Adalah on behalf of residents of the unrecognized Arab Bedouin village of Sawaween in the...

(Haifa, Israel) For the first time, the European Union (EU) has called upon Israel to protect the rights of Arab citizens of Israel. Specifically, the EU urged Israel “to increase efforts to...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 18 February 2011, the Magistrate Court in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) granted the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Awad Abu Freih, the spokesperson of Al-Araqib...

(Haifa, Israel) Following a petition filed by Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), on 9 February 2011 the Supreme Court of Israel ruled that the first local elections must...

Erez is the only crossing between Gaza and Israel through which Israel allows Palestinians whom it has granted special permits to cross. This case represents a continuation of the Israel security...

Following Adalah's Petition: Court Allows Dr. Yakoub Halabi to Change his Nationality from “Druze” to “Arab” in the Population Registry for Citizens of Israel